Micro-Trains April 2025 Announcement

[reinhardtjh]

The April 2025 Micro-News:   http://www.micro-trains.com/publicfiles/monthly/MN2504.pdf

Micro-Trains April 2025 Media Kit:   http://micro-trains.com/archives/mediakit/medkit2504.html

[Ed Kapuscinski]

That PC MOW set looks really cool.

[MetroRedLine]

The April 2025 Micro-News:   http://www.micro-trains.com/publicfiles/monthly/MN2504.pdf

Micro-Trains April 2025 Media Kit:   http://micro-trains.com/archives/mediakit/medkit2504.html

Since MTL already has the tooling for a Boeing 737 fuselage, they might as well make the entire airplane, even as just a kit. Even if you don't have an airport/runway on your layout, I wouldn't mind buying a 1:160 737 kit and hanging it on the ceiling.

[jwaldo]

Since MTL already has the tooling for a Boeing 737 fuselage, they might as well make the entire airplane, even as just a kit. Even if you don't have an airport/runway on your layout, I wouldn't mind buying a 1:160 737 kit and hanging it on the ceiling.

Speaking of teasing us with partial tooling, maybe someday they'll finish the rest of the SW9 whose frame is on a flatcar now. Goodness knows they're overdue to dip their toe in the loco world again.

[robertjohndavis]

If tariffs last, an MTL locomotive line would be even more welcome.

[jargonlet]

I’m really looking forward to the PC and PRR mow equipment.  I may even preorder them.

[robertjohndavis]

I’m really looking forward to the PC and PRR mow equipment.  I may even preorder them.

Down with that. Pre-ordered and picked up some PRR and PC mow hoppers from Bowser this weekend. Now what power will the PC mow train have?

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Down with that. Pre-ordered and picked up some PRR and PC mow hoppers from Bowser this weekend. Now what power will the PC mow train have?

The gnarliest thing you can find. Like a crusty RS3.

[peteski]

If tariffs last, an MTL locomotive line would be even more welcome.

Except that with the previous locos from MTL only the shell was made by them in USA. The mechanism was still made in China. 

[nkalanaga]

True, but MTL should be able to make every part of a DC loco in-house, except the motor.  Tariff on just a box of motors would be a lot less than on a box of locomotives.

[jargonlet]

Down with that. Pre-ordered and picked up some PRR and PC mow hoppers from Bowser this weekend. Now what power will the PC mow train have?

Not really sure yet.  I am buying it for early Conrail but I don't have a lot of Conrail power.  Currently I only have an Arnold U25C and SW1.  I do have a bunch of EL stuff though that could get patched.  Funny that Ed mentions an RS3, a friend offered me one.

[turbowhiz]

The gnarliest thing you can find. Like a crusty RS3.

Probably even a crusty RS3 was too valuable on the PC to relegate to MOW work if you could find something worse that moved sorta under its own power....Like a Baldwin!  Why use a mu capable 1600 HP unit when you have 1200 HP of no mu plain bearing goodness on hand?

https://i.redd.it/xerf64nrgn8a1.jpg

One thing I'd like to see in N scale is more Baldwins.... Just not enough of them.

[robertjohndavis]

Except that with the previous locos from MTL only the shell was made by them in USA. The mechanism was still made in China. 

I’m living in the future.

[rodsup9000]

Except that with the previous locos from MTL only the shell was made by them in USA. The mechanism was still made in China. 

True, but MTL should be able to make every part of a DC loco in-house, except the motor.  Tariff on just a box of motors would be a lot less than on a box of locomotives.

  They would have to bring in the brass worm and steel shaft material.
 Then they only need the frame molds to produce the FT's in house.
  For the price their paying for the chassis from China, we probably won't see much of a price increase from them caused by the tariffs.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Probably even a crusty RS3 was too valuable on the PC to relegate to MOW work if you could find something worse that moved sorta under its own power....Like a Baldwin!  Why use a mu capable 1600 HP unit when you have 1200 HP of no mu plain bearing goodness on hand?

https://i.redd.it/xerf64nrgn8a1.jpg

Cause we're N scalers and Baldwin road switchers are, apparently incompatible with the scale. lol